A National Disaster Response Force team is camping in Ooty
UDHAGAMANDALAM: Heavy rain, accompanied by strong wind, lashed the Nilgiris, uprooting at least 20 trees in various places in the hill retreat. Devala town and Kinnakorai in Kundha taluk recorded the highest rainfall at 137mm and 100mm, respectively, for the 24 hours that ended at 7am on Saturday.
Cherangode recorded 72mm rainfall during the period followed by Pandalur (56mm), Kundha (39mm), Ooty (34mm) and Coonoor (31mm).
District collector J Innocent Divya said officials were monitoring Kundha and Devala areas. Officials are monitoring those areas. “As a precautionary measure, 57 residents of Devala and Cherangode have been shifted to two relief camps, as their houses were located on low-lying areas.”
Headmasters of tribal schools in Gudalur suspended after allegations of misappropriation of funds
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April 21, 2021 14:31 IST
The two headmasters were asked to deposit money in the accounts of parents of Advisai students, but parents have complained that the money has not reached them
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The two headmasters were asked to deposit money in the accounts of parents of Advisai students, but parents have complained that the money has not reached them
Two headmasters of Government Tribal Schools (GTR) in Gudalur were suspended after allegations of misappropriation of funds meant for Adivasi students, surfaced.
According to sources in the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, two headmasters of the Devala and Ponnani GTR schools were accused of misappropriating funds meant for around 45 students at the schools. “Each student was to receive ₹7,300, which would have been spent by the Department on food and lodging. The headmasters were asked
HMs suspended for misappropriation of funds
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Two headmasters of Government Tribal Schools (GTR) in Gudalur were suspended after allegations of misappropriation of funds meant for Adivasi students surfaced.
According to sources in the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, two headmasters of the Devala and Ponnani GTR schools were accused of misappropriating funds meant for around 45 students at the schools. “Each student was to receive ₹7,300, which would have been spent by the department on food and lodging. The headmasters were asked to deposit the money in the accounts of the students’ parents,” said an official requesting anonymity.
Udhagamandalam: The ‘welcome summer shower’ that lasted for an hour drenched the hill town on Thursday and brought down the temperatures.
While Kotagiri taluk had received a few showers in March, Ooty had been experiencing a prolonged dry spell. Locals have been waiting for the summer showers since the first week of April, mainly for sufficient drinking water supply.
While the core part of Ooty town received good rain, the surrounding areas witnessed moderate showers. The Coonoor town had experiencing good showers in the past two days. While Coonoor registered 19.5mm rainfall for 24 hours ending Thursday 7am, Hulical in Coonoor taluk received 21mm rainfall. Kodanadu recorded 16mm and Devala 22mm of rain.
Nilgiris police reach out to Adivasi communities in their own language
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Personnel recruited from the communities help in getting the message across
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The Nilgiris police, at a community outreach and awareness programme conducted in the Nilgiris.
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Personnel recruited from the communities help in getting the message across
Fostering better communication with Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris, the district police are conducting awareness campaigns about COVID-19, and about crimes against women and children, in the language the communities communicate with each other.
“When I used to visit Adivasi communities, it would be extremely hard to communicate with them in Tamil and we would have to use a translator to get our message across to them. This got us thinking that it would be much more effective to conduct awareness campaigns in their own language,” said Nilgiris District Superintendent of Police, V. Sa